Main entry:

Garreau, Joel.

Title & Author:

Edge city : life on the new frontier / Joel Garreau.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Doubleday, 1991.

Description:

xiv, 546 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 478-507) and index.
Introduction: Pioneers, frontiers, and the twenty-first century -- 1. The search for the future inside ourselves: life on the new frontier -- 2. New Jersey: Tomorrowland -- 3. Boston: edge city limits -- 4. Detroit: the automobile, individualist, and time -- 5. Atlanta: the color of money -- 6. Phoenix: shadow government -- 7. Texas: civilization -- 8. Southern California: community -- 9. The San Francisco Bay area -- 10. Washington: hallowed ground -- Manassas: long ago and far away -- Present at creation -- The machine, the garden, and paradise -- Pilgrim's progress: boom -- The final battle -- 11. The list: edge cities, coast to coast -- 12. The words: glossary of the new frontier -- 13. The laws: how we live.

Summary:

Includes material on the metropolitan areas of New Jersey, Boston, Detroit, Atlanta, Phoenix, Texas, Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington, D.C.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0385262493
9780385262491

Subject:

Metropolitan areas United States.
Real estate development United States.
Land use, Urban United States.
Sociology, Urban United States.
Agglomérations urbaines États-Unis.
Promotion immobilière États-Unis.
Utilisation urbaine du sol États-Unis.
Sociologie urbaine États-Unis.
Land use, Urban
Metropolitan areas
Real estate development
Sociology, Urban
Metropole
Steden.
Maatschappij.
Edge cities.
United States
USA
Land United States
Metropolitan United States
Real United States
Sociology, United States

Holdings:

Location: Library main 104816
Call No.: ID PLB HT334.U5.G37; ID:94-B2061
Status: Available

Location: Library main 104817
Call No.: ID HT334.U5.G37; ID:94-B2061
Status: Available